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sharp-clawed runner
Kinnareemimus
Say it like this: “KIN-ah-ree-MIEM-us”
Kinnareemimus khonkaenensis
Kinnareemimus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Thailand.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Valanginian · Hauterivian) · roughly 137.1 to 125.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2009 · Buffetaut, E.; Suteethorn, V.; Tong, H.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- 13 kg · 29 lb
- Found in
- Thailand · Sao Khua
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Ornithomimosauria
The story in short
The genus Kinnareemimus dates to 2009, the year E. Buffetaut and colleagues described it. The name means “kinnaree mimic.”
Fossils referred to Kinnareemimus date to the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian · Hauterivian), roughly 137.1 to 125.8 million years ago. Finds come from Thailand, including the Sao Khua Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Kinnareemimus at a length near 1.8 m and a body mass around 13 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Ornithomimosauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.